Izetbegović in Strasbourg with the European Parliament Rapporteur for BiH

Member of the BiH Presidency Bakir Izetbegović met in separate meetings with the European Parliament Rapporteur for BiH Christian Dan Preda, President of the EPP Group Manfred Weber and the head of the Friends of BiH Group in the European Parliament Jasenko Selimović

The topic of the discussions held today in Strasbourg was the European path of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Izetbegović emphasized that Bosnia and Herzegovina is at a crossroads between a clear and defined path of European integration and detours that pull the country back into divisions and conflicts.

Izetbegović took the opportunity to inform his interlocutors about the manipulations and instrumentalization of the "principle of federalism", a seemingly benign linguistic formulation that fuels a retrograde political agenda, reminding them that in Bosnia and Herzegovina, demands for "federalization" imply the deepening of ethnic divisions.

Therefore, Izetbegović once again warned that this support could be used for attempts at anti-Dayton territorial redrawing of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the creation of ethnically based federal units.

In the afternoon, Izetbegović will also meet with the President of the European People's Party (EPP) Joseph Daul.